# চলা
## Assamese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔ.la/

### Etymology 1

* Assamese verb set
* চল (sol)
* চলা (sola)
* চলোৱা (solüa)
* চলোওৱা (solüüa)
From Sanskrit चलति (calati), चरति (carati, “to go away”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠌꠟꠣ (sola), Bengali চলা (cola), Odia ଚାଲିବା (cālibā), Hindustani چلنا / चलना (calnā), Nepali चल्नु (calnu), Punjabi ਚੱਲਣਾ (callaṇā), Gujarati ચરવું (carvũ) ~ ચાલવું (cālvũ), Marathi चालणे (ċālṇe). Doublet of চৰা (sora).

#### Verb

চলা • (sola) (intransitive)
* to move
    এইটো বাটেৰে অকল চাইকেল হে চলিব݁ পাৰে। ― eitü batere okol saikel he solibo pare. ― Only bicycles can move through this road.
* to retain, maintain
    তোমাৰ পঢ়াশুনা কেনে চলি আছে? ― tümar porhaxuna kene soli ase? ― How are you maintaining your studies? (Literally: How are your studies moving?)

##### Related terms

* চল (sol)

### Etymology 2

* Assamese verb set
* চল (sol)
* চলা (sola)
* চলোৱা (solüa)
* চলোওৱা (solüüa)
Inherited from Sanskrit চালযতি (cāláyati, “to shake, to jog, to drive away”).

#### Alternative forms

* চালা (sala) — Central Standard

#### Adjective

চলা • (sola) (Eastern Standard)
* sifted

#### Verb

চলা • (sola) (transitive) (Eastern Standard)
* to sift

##### Related terms

* চালনি (saloni)

## Bengali
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀮𑀤𑀺 (caladi), from Sanskrit चलति (calati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *čálHati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čálHati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti, from *kʷelh₁- (“to move; to turn (around)”).
* Assamese চলা (sola)
* Sylheti ꠌꠟꠣ (sola)
* Odia ଚାଲିବା (cālibā)
* Hindi चलना (calnā) / Urdu چلنا
* Nepali चल्नु (calnu)
* Punjabi ਚੱਲਣਾ (callaṇā)
* Gujarati ચાલવું (cālvũ)
* Marathi चालणे (ċālṇe).

### Pronunciation

* (standard) IPA: /t͡ʃɔ.la/, [ˈt͡ʃɔlaˑ]
    Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔla
* Hyphenation: চ‧লা

### Verb

চলা • (cola)
* to move, to walk about, to move about
* to go on, to be ongoing
    তাদের গল্প সারাদিন চলে।tader gôlpô śaradin côle.Their conversation goes on all day.
    ডাকাতির কেসটা এখনও চলছে।ḍakatir keśṭa ekhôno côlche.The robbery case is still ongoing.
* to function, to work
    Synonym: কাজ করা (kaj kora)
    এই ঘড়িটা এখনও চলে।ei ghôṛiṭa ekhôno côle.This watch still works.
* to be on, to run
    গাড়ীটা চলছে।gaṛiṭa coloche.The car is running.
    ট্রেনটা কি সময়ে চলে?ṭrenṭa ki śômôẏe côle?Does the train run on time?
* (music) to be playing
    Synonym: বাজা (baja)
    ওদের গাড়ীতে গান চলছে।ōder gaṛite gan coloche.Music's playing in their car.
* to get going
    Synonyms: রওনা হওয়া (roōna hōẇa), বেরোনো (berōnō)
    এবার আমরা চলি।ebar amra coli.Let's get going now.
* (chiefly in the negative) to be acceptable, to slide
    ওনার বাড়িতে এ সব কথাবার্তা চলবে না।ōnar baṛite e śob kothabarta colbe na.This kind of talk won't slide at his/her house.
* to be okay, to do
    শুধু এই রংটাই চলবে।śudhu ei roṅṭai colbe.Only this color will do.
    "এই গানটা কেমন?" / "চলে।""ei ganṭa kemon?" / "cole.""How is this song?" / "It's okay."
    পেপসি চলবে?pepośi colbe?Is Pepsi okay?

#### Related terms

* চলতি (côlti)
* চলে যাওয়া (cole jaōẇa)
* চালা (cala)
* চালানো (calanō)

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cálati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press